Map tattoo ideas

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Black and grey back tattoo of a shaded map of the British Isles with a dashed route, compass rose, ships, a sea serpent, two heraldic beasts and a banner, placed across the upper and lower back.
British Isles treasure map across a back
Black outline tattoo of a regional map shape with a grey script word inside it, on a person's back.
Outline map tattoo with script word
Black and grey realism style tattoo of an antique world map with a compass rose, tree and horse on a person's back.
Antique world map across a back
Dark grey tattoo of the Hawaiian island chain on a person's upper back, close to the shoulder blade.
Hawaiian island chain on upper back
Red flower clusters fill a map outline of South America, a botanical tattoo on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
South America map filled with red flowers on back
Back view of a woman with long dark hair, showing a black fine line outline tattoo of the world map across her upper back.
World map outline tattoo on upper back
Back of a shoulder with a fine line black and grey tattoo of a compass rose, a world map and passport-style stamps.
Compass rose and world map on a shoulder
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of the Neverland treasure map with a compass rose and pirate ship, placed across a person's shoulder blade and upper back.
Neverland treasure map on upper back
Black ink tattoo of the world map, each continent filled with ornate mandala-style patterns, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
World map filled with mandala patterns on upper back
Four black ink tattoos in a collage: a dotted-line paper plane on a wrist, an aeroplane on a forearm over a vintage map, a map of Africa on a upper back, and a sailboat with a star on a forearm.
Travel tattoos: paper plane, Africa, aeroplane and sailboat
Fine line tattoo of a compass rose and a Madrid-Barajas passport stamp dated 27.06.13 on a person's upper back, with the date in red ink.
Compass and passport stamp on upper back
Bare back of a woman with a vertical line of planets, including one ringed like Saturn, running down her spine and a world map tattoo on her shoulder blade, with red and blue continents.
Solar system down the spine and world map on shoulder
Colour realism tattoo on the back of a woman's profile inside an outline map of Africa, with a beaded necklace and white and red headdress.
Woman in profile within a map of Africa
Back view of a woman with a thin black fine line tattoo of a state outline between her shoulder blades, above a black bra strap.
Fine line state outline on upper back
Colour tattoo of the island of Jamaica filled with green, black and gold bands, with the word irie in black script, on a person's lower back.
Jamaica outline with irie script on lower back
Solid black world map tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades, seen from behind on a woman wearing a white lace-trim top and a gold necklace.
World map tattoo on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo across a back and shoulder, showing torn skin that reveals an old orange map beneath, with a blue compass rose at the centre.
Torn skin revealing a compass and old map
A woman seen from behind wears a tattoo of Alaska's outline on her upper back, filled with a sunset sky and mountains, while she looks out over a coastal town.
Alaska map with sunset on the upper back
Black and grey eagle, globe and anchor tattoo across a man's upper back and shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Eagle, globe and anchor on upper back
Fine line geometric world map tattoo in black ink across the upper back, made of angular polygon shapes for the continents.
Geometric world map on upper back
Black and white photo of a small fine line outline of Australia tattooed on the lower back, above the waistband of low-slung jeans.
Australia map outline on the lower back
Black and grey tattoo of a transit map with station markers and tiny labels across the lower back.
Transit map tattoo on lower back
Large realism back tattoo in black and grey showing an Africa map, two winged angels, a compass and portraits, with a red and grey Liverpool crest on the upper arm sleeve.
Africa map and angels back piece
Black script lettering reading Once you go black you never go back, above an outline map of Africa with I heart AFRICA inside it, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Africa map and script quote on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line outline world map tattoo on a woman's upper back, below her braided hair.
Outline world map on upper back
Fine line black outline tattoo of a world map with country borders across a woman's upper back, shown from behind.
World map outline across a back
Fine line black outline tattoo of a world map with the word wanderlust in script, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
World map outline with wanderlust script on upper back
Fine line black outline tattoo of the state of Florida with a small red heart on the east coast, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Florida outline with red heart on the back
Black and grey tattoo of a world map, with each continent filled with ornate mandala patterns, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
World map tattoo filled with mandala patterns
Black and grey realism tattoo of a torn old map revealing a compass rose, across a person's shoulder and upper back.
Torn map and compass rose on shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of the state of Alaska filled with snowy mountains, pine trees and a lake, with a red sky above, on the back.
Alaska state outline with mountains and forest
Colour tattoo of a vintage-style map of the Great Lakes with a compass rose, across a person's upper back, with their head cropped out of frame.
Great Lakes map and compass across a back
Fine line black outline of the world map tattooed across a person's upper back and left shoulder blade, with dark hair falling over the right side.
World map outline across upper back
Colourful cartoon-style tattoo of New Zealand's map, with each island filled with character illustrations, across a person's upper back.
New Zealand map tattoo across a back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a fine line outline tattoo of the world map across her upper back.
World map outline across a upper back
Black and grey photo of a woman's upper back showing a small fine line outline world map tattoo between the shoulder blades, below her braided hair.
Outline world map on upper back
Multicoloured watercolour style world map tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour world map on upper back
Close-up of a fine line black outline tattoo of the world map across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
World map outline across upper back
A world map tattooed across a person's upper back, with black outlines and coloured fills on some countries.
World map tattoo across the back
Black line tattoo of a fictional island map across a person's upper back, with labelled locations, a compass rose and scrolled corner ornaments.
Island treasure map across the upper back
Black fine line tattoo of the outline of Africa with a small heart near the east coast, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Africa outline with a heart on the upper back
Realistic tattoo across a shoulder and upper back showing torn skin that reveals an old sepia map, a blue ship's wheel compass rose and a blue fleur-de-lis.
Torn skin revealing a compass and old map
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fantasy map with labels including the Shire, Hobbiton and Bree, placed across a person's upper back.
Middle-earth map tattoo on a upper back
Black ink faceted world map tattoo across the upper back, with continents built from angular shapes and dotwork shading.
Faceted world map across the upper back
Black and red linework tattoo of a compass rose, birdcage, map and passport stamps across a person's upper back.
Compass and travel stamps on a back
Black and grey back and arms covered in an antique-style world map tattoo with engraved hemispheres, continents and compass details, shoulders and upper arms included.
Antique world map tattoo across back and arms
Traditional style compass rose in blue and green on the upper back, with N, E, S and W letters and a map outline inside a dotted circle.
Compass rose over a map outline on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line outline world map tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a braid.
Fine line world map on upper back